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盗品故買 (とうひんこばい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

盗とう品ひん故こ買ばい

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Meanings

1

dealing in stolen goods; fencing

Legal term for knowingly buying or selling stolen property. Often used in criminal law contexts.

彼かれは盗とう品ひん故こ買ばいの疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされ

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。

He was arrested on suspicion of dealing in stolen goods.

盗とう品ひん故こ買ばいは刑けい法ほうで禁きん止しされている。

Dealing in stolen goods is prohibited under the criminal law.

Kanji

盗steal, rob, pilfer
品goods, refinement, dignity
故happenstance, especially, intentionally
買buy

Related words

故こ買ばい
故買 is the broader term for knowingly purchasing stolen property, while 盗品故買 specifically refers to dealing in stolen goods as a business or repeated act.

Built from

盗とう品ひん+故こ買ばい

Etymology

Compound of 盗品 (stolen goods) and 故買 (knowingly purchasing stolen property).